The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | Sahidic c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Horner | Vaticanus c. 175–325 AD · Greek TAGNT | Vulgate c. 150–383 AD · Latin Whitaker | Bezae c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | Peshitta c. 170–400 AD · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 300–500 AD · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||||
ενοσP3 · P45 · P75 | few | ⲟⲩⲁ | blasphemy | ὀλίγων | few | porro | few | — | | | bonam | ܚܕܐ | few | ἑνὸς | few | ||||||
δεP3 · P45 · P75 | or | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | δέ | or | ||||||
εστινP3 · P45 · P75 | one thing | ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲭⲣⲓⲁ | — | ἑνὸς | one thing | — | — | — | | | — | ܕܝܢ | one thing | ἐστιν | one thing | ||||||
χρειαP3 · P45 · P75 | however | ⲇⲉ | however | δέ | however | est | however | — | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | χρεία | however | ||||||
μαριαP3 · P45 · P75 | is | ⲙⲙⲟϥ | our | ἐστιν | is | necessarium | is | — | | | — | — | — | Μαρία | is | ||||||
γαρP3 · P45 · P75 | necessary: | ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ | — | χρεία· | necessary: | Maria | necessary: | — | | | maria | ܡܪܝܡ | necessary: | δὲ | necessary: | ||||||
τηνP3 · P45 · P75 | Mary | ⲁⲥⲥⲉⲧⲡ | choose | Μαριὰμ | Mary | optimam | Mary | μαρια | | | — | ܕܝܢ | Mary | τὴν | Mary | ||||||
καληνP3 · P45 · P75 | for | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | — | — | — | | | — | ܓܝܪ | for | ἀγαθὴν | for | ||||||
μεριδαP3 · P45 · P75 | the | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | μερίδα | the | ||||||
εξελεξατοP3 · P45 · P75 | good | ⲧⲧⲟ | land | ἀγαθὴν | good | partem | good | αγαθην | | | partem | ܛܒܬܐ | good | ἐξελέξατο | good | ||||||
ητισP3 · P45 · P75 | portion | ⲛⲁⲥ | my | μερίδα | portion | elegit | portion | μεριδα | | | elegit | ܓܒܬ | portion | ἥτις | portion | ||||||
ουκP3 · P45 · P75 | has chosen | ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ | — | ἐξελέξατο | has chosen | quæ | has chosen | εξελεξατο | | | quae | ܠܗ | has chosen | οὐκ | has chosen | ||||||
αφαιρεθησεταιP3 · P45 · P75 | which | ⲧⲁⲓ | this | ἥτις | which | non | which | — | | | non | — | — | ἀφαιρεθήσεται | which | ||||||
απP3 · P45 · P75 | not | ⲉⲛⲥⲉⲛⲁϥⲓⲧⲥ | bear | οὐκ | not | — | — | ουκ | | | — | ܗܝ | not | ἀπ’ | not | ||||||
αυτησP3 · P45 · P75 | will be taken away from | ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧⲥ | in | ἀφαιρεθήσεται | will be taken away from | auferetur | will be taken away from | αφαιρεθησεται | | | auferetur | ܕܠܐ | will be taken away from | αὐτῆς | will be taken away from | ||||||
απ᾽P3 · P75 | from | ⲁⲛ | great one | ἀπ᾽ | from | ab | from | — | | | ab | ܬܬܢܤܒ | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | ||||||
αυτης.¶P3 · P75 | her. | — | — | αὐτῆς.¶ | her. | ea | her. | αυτης | | | ea | ܡܢܗ | her. | αὐτῆς.¶ | her. | ||||||
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